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To feel weirded out and a bit paranoid now?!

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wherearetheturrets · 23/09/2022 12:14

Completely my own fault really and I'm kicking myself 🙁 just wondering if I'm being stupidly paranoid and need to chill or whether to be a bit on guard..

Walking through town with dd (6 months). Woman stops me and starts talking about dd (how old is she? What's her name?) since having dd this happens quite often and I've never felt dodgy about it. The woman opens her phone and shows me pictures of her granddaughter, again not that unusual. Woman asks me if she's my first and (as usual) I say no, I've got an older dd whose 11 so a big gap! Then she asks if I live around here and I say yes, we live in ' name of estate' (I'm wondering if she's new to the area and planning to ask anything about the area), then she asks where my older dd goes to school. I stupidly don't think as I'm a bit caught off guard and bloody tell her 😩. She doesn't say much more after this really, just a few pleasantries and then 'have a nice walk' and goodbye. I spend my entire walk thinking of terrible scenarios and wondering wtf I was thinking answering with the actual school name. It literally came out of my mouth and I regretted it instantly and thought why didn't I name a different school?!

I think I felt a little more weird because the woman literally just stopped me in the street while I was walking - usually when someone strikes up conversation about dd2 it's in a cafe or shop or something. She also kept saying 'sorry if I'm bothering you' and I felt a little bit like maybe she was lonely or something? But yeah, now I feel like an absolute idiot (hopefully if there's ever a next time I will have learnt from it and not answer such a question!) and I can't tell if I'm being really paranoid or it's something that's reasonable to feel weird about?

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NaughtyDaddyPig · 23/09/2022 12:15

Well now you know not to do that in future.

MRSE20 · 23/09/2022 12:17

I don’t think there is anything sinister going on here but I would advise not to mention child’s school name again. I doubt you have anything to panic about xx

wherearetheturrets · 23/09/2022 12:33

NaughtyDaddyPig · 23/09/2022 12:15

Well now you know not to do that in future.

Indeed!

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wherearetheturrets · 23/09/2022 12:33

MRSE20 · 23/09/2022 12:17

I don’t think there is anything sinister going on here but I would advise not to mention child’s school name again. I doubt you have anything to panic about xx

Thanks, yeah I hope not. Just kicking myself for not taking a moment to think before answering

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Icanstillrecallourlastsummer · 23/09/2022 12:35

I am confused about what you think will happen here? You think the granny will go to your 11yo DD's school and kidnap her or something?

ComtesseDeSpair · 23/09/2022 12:37

Think logically: she doesn’t know anything about your elder DD, what could she possibly do with the information that she attends a particular local school? It’s not as if she could stand outside the gates asking every child who looks about the age of 11 whether they have a baby sister and live on X estate and then abduct the one who says yes, is it?

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